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My last Gilbert F3A is C&O #31025. It seems that only the F3's with 3 digit numbers had nice paint schemes. After that, they made the Paint much simpler. Here is where the other Gilbert F3A's were posted. They are close by. Post 813 is the Northern Pacific # 423. Post 816 is the Santa-Fe F3A # L-3003. Post 818 is the B&O F3A #421. Post 820 and the DL&W F3A. #420 Post 821 this one is C&O F3A # 31025

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* Here is a locomotive I really want to get back running. It is old, 1945. It is foreign, French, BLZ. It is a 4-6-2 Pacific type. It was 3 rail with a center rail pickup. It ran on 20 volt AC. The company listed it as being OO gauge. It is a streamlined locomotive with interesting lines. Much like the streamlined Lehigh Valley, Black Diamond locomotive. I got it with no tender, no third rail pickup, no lead truck and a shattered center driver. Because the third rail pickup was missing and all drivers were insulated on one side ,I took it to be a DC locomotive. Later on, when I saw the wire field winding with no magnet, I knew what it was, AC powered. Still, I do want to get this relick running again. This time on straight DC. Up to now, that plan isn't working. I chose a Mantua tender to run with it. Here is what it looks like. * To me, this is definitely a loco to be saved and gotten running again. I know how high priced this loco would have been if complete and running. It came in 2 colors. A green version and a black version. Most likely it is worth more as a parts loco than anything I can make it look like. Just I know it would look great running again. frank

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At Merchants Square Mall last Saturday I acquired 2 custom build metal HO locomotives. I don't know the person who made them. One is a PRR K2 class Pacific locomotive. The other A New Haven Mikado. Both are HO scale. They both need refinishing and testing for proper operation. The better one now is the K2 Pacific. Firemans side. * Here is the PRR K2

Please don't go out of your way. I just found it interesting to see a model of a K2, there can't be too many of them out there.

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Henry, it isn't going out of my way for model trains is my way. I do enjoy them. It was easy to find and here is the West side model of a PRR K2 Pacific. The model shows electric marker lights on the rear of the tender. Three of them evenly spaced across the back end with their electrical piping. Marker lights are high on the boiler front and also on the outer ends of the pilot beam. All four marker lights have their electrical piping. This loco has been up graded with an electrical system. The headlight is missing and I can't find the generator. What may be the generator is under the cab floor on the engineer's side.

That K2 looks like a very nice model!

Got any K5's?

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Lionel released in Plastic USRA Pacifics that they used the dies they got when purchasing most of the HObbyline \ John English line. The motor they used was a bit bigger and they had to add a small Belpar firebox to it so the motor would fit. Around 30 years ago when Bachmann brought out their PRR K4 that would fall apart I used the tender with a running Lionel pacific and called it a K2. It was never a real prototype but it was Ok and being one of the few steam locos Lionel had a gear drive on ran OK. frank note; Lionel 0625 pacific's had only a headling. Lionel 0635 pacific's had a headlight and smoke. Lionel 0645 pacific's had a headlight, smoke, and whistle. If I can find a photo I'll put one right here.

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Re: Let's see your engines!

« Reply #837 on: Oct 5th, 2017, 6:41pm »

Nice!

Do you ever run it? Do you have plans to paint it?

I have no plans to paint it. I did just put power to it to see if the drivers would turn and it did. That was a year and a half ago. I also have a PFM United PRR K4. Both just sit in there boxes on a shelf. Frank

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* Here is an old Fleischmann 0-6-0t made in Western Germany. It is an all metal engine with a body casting that has ruff detailing of an older style. It is #1320, a class 80 built in 1952. And yes it is 65 years old and still runs very well. frank